[lace] looking for Teneriffe teacher

[Kim Davis]

A local friend of mine passed this information along to me.  She is part of
the Embroiders' Guild of America.  You can find their website and general
info here:


http://www.egausa.org/


My friend said, "this person will write and "teach" a course by
correspondence - could have classes all over the country, but the teacher
stays home!  "


 


Please find the contact info below for the person in charge of this.


 


Kim


 


 
 Teneriffe lace
embroidery


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Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:44 am (PDT)


Is there anyone who is qualified/interested in writing a course in Teneriffe

for the GCC program? If so, please contact me OFF-LINE at: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:
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Thanks..

Pat Correz
GCC Chairman

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[lace] "Findings - the Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing"

[Jane Partridge]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>  At its peak, Redditch supplied 90 per cent of the world  market
>for needles.  

It might surprise you, but until fairly recently Studley (the area in
which the Forge Mill Needle Museum is - Redditch is the large town "next
door", so to speak) was the main producer of needles - I think the only
other country with needle production was Japan. At the time, I was
looking for size 28 tapestry needles, which I could not get (even in the
shop at the museum) here in the UK. Someone in the US kindly sent me
some, Clover brand, made. in Studley UK! This is within the last ten
to fifteen years.

The thirty years, if I remember, was life as a whole - once they had
finished apprenticeship if they chose to become a needle pointer, they
lived for ten years, ie to age 30, choosing to earn as much money as
possible for their family to live on after their death than to live a
full life of poverty. 

>I found some interesting information in the 8 pages devoted to lace and  lace
>tools.  

Another connection between the Needle Museum and lace is the Visitor
Centre for Bordesley Abbey, which is on the same site. When we visited
whilst I was at college doing C&G Lace (late 1990s), and possibly still
there, they had on display (covered by a lift-up cloth cover to keep the
light away) a piece of Sheldon Tapestry. This stunning piece had an
edging of silver lace - all dating to the 1690s. If anyone is likely to
be going to the museum, it is well worth paying the extra to go into the
Visitor Centre. 

Before marriage, when I had my flat on the south side of Birmingham, we
used to go over to Studley as that was where the cattery we used was -
my eldest sister had her first house in Redditch - and also to one of
the old needle forges (with water wheel) which has been a pub and
restaurant for years - The Washford Mill - it has changed hands and
possibly breweries a number of times in the last 30 years, with
consequent ups and downs, we now go occasionally and wonder what kind of
menu to expect, but the building is much the same (there has been some
extension; I think when they moved the restaurant downstairs (and lost
the sweet trolley!), possibly about twenty years ago) timber framed and
reminiscent of Tudor building. At one point, we were last to leave one
evening and the (young) chef was discussing menus with the landlady
across the bar. We had had a superb meal, very well presented, (though
not expensive by any means). As we were paying I commented that it must
be good to have a free hand to put to use what he had learned at
college, to learn that he was totally self-taught, with most of his
ideas coming from TV's Ready Steady Cook! I often wonder where he went
from there. It is probably time to see what is on offer this year!

Talking lace and TV, has anyone else spotted the occasional channel ID
"4" on Channel 4 (UK) which is filled with a lace pattern?  
-- 
Jane Partridge

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[lace] "Findings - the Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing"

[Jeriames]

In a message dated 3/15/2008 5:26:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

I  visited the needle museum in Redditch,
Worcestershire. The museum was a  working needle factory until 1958. What an
enlightenment. I'll never look  at needles in the same way again! (Those who
sharpened the needles got paid  what seems a massive guinea per week (£1.05
GBP) in the 1860's, but had a  life expectancy of about 30 years - they used
to
cough up lumps of stone  dust from the grinding machine, and objected to the
introduction of face  masks because the improved safety might lead to a
reduction in their  wages.)

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Dear Lacemakers,

Kept Viv's note to see what comments would ensue.  A month later, I  will
share:

There is a book which collectors of needlework tools may like to know  about,
covering pins, needles, thimbles, shears and scissors, findings -  notions,
accessories, and artifacts of textile production (spinning and weaving
equipment, lace bobbins, thread winders, spools, needlework clamps, quilt
stamps,
stilettos, knitting accessories, and so forth).

"Findings - the Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing"
By Mary C. Beaudry
Yale University Press (yalebooks.com)
ISBN 0-300-11093-6
Hardback, 237 pages, cover price $55, 2006

The author is a professor of archaeology and anthropology at Boston
University, so writes from a different perspective than books we've enjoyed
from
collectors (such as Nerylla Taunton, Gay Ann Rogers, and Kay Sullivan).

She writes more details about the men referenced by Viv at the beginning of
this message.  At its peak, Redditch supplied 90 per cent of the world  market
for needles.  Women, and children as young as 3 years old, worked on  some
steps of needle manufacturing.

I found some interesting information in the 8 pages devoted to lace and  lace
tools.  Here is one that is perhaps open to debate:   "Contemporary
commentators compared Honiton lace favorably with that produced in  Antwerp
and
Flanders, and in the 17th century Honiton lace sold for 4 times as  much as
Buckinghamshire lace, so it was recognizably different from lace made in  the
Midlands."

This book has no color illustrations, and few black and white ones.   It is
costly, and I recommend ordering from InterLibrary Loan if the  subject is of
interest to you.

Jeri  Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center



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[lace] Arachne pin/brooch/badge on ebay

[Jean Nathan]

It's been pointed out to me that the seller of the Arachne pin on ebay will 
ship world-wide.


At the top of the listing it states: Post to: United Kingdom

but in the description: Will ship worldwide - please ask for details of 
costs outside the UK


I didn't read the whole description because I already have one.

Item number 250236237408

Tinied: http://tinyurl.com/5fqw8a

There's already two bids on it and the current price is £1.04.

Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK 


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